Model of the surviving corner of the Temple of Vespasian

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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Model of the surviving corner of the Temple of Vespasian
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by Bryan Edwards, Class of 2019. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker
Datelikely late 19th century
MediumSoapstone
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 × 2 × 2 in. (18.4 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles E. Allison, Class of 1870
Object number1943.192a-b
Not on view
DescriptionThis model reproduces at scales the ruins of a temple in the ancient Roman forum, which still stands today. The ruins became so iconic during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that models such as this one was often carried home as souvenirs by wealthy Europeans on the Grand Tour of Italy’s art and ruins.

Additional Details

Signature Not signed.
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
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